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Greasing wheel bearing questions

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Old 07-31-2016, 02:38 PM
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Greasing wheel bearing questions

Have a '99 with 2 wheel abs. I just bought new timkens with the abs sensor for the front. My initial thought was to buy riffraffs grease fitting but I was wondering if I could tap the abs sensor hole and install a permanent grease fitting and run a small line to make the fitting more accessible? Similar to a payloader or piece of construction equipment? Has anyone done this? Thoughts?

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Old 07-31-2016, 08:06 PM
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I just squirt in grease through the abs fitting. Your way should work just fine. They really don't need much grease
 
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I would just run the abs grease fitting from Riffraff. For under $20 it is a lot cheaper then getting shavings in your new bearings.
 
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Old 08-01-2016, 10:06 AM
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Riffraff fitting works great, I use it for mine annually.
 
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Originally Posted by duck fan
I would just run the abs grease fitting from Riffraff. For under $20 it is a lot cheaper then getting shavings in your new bearings.
I was gonna grease the tap so it caught the shavings when I tapped it. I might just go with riff raff and then add an extension so I don't have to pull it all apart.
 
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Old 08-01-2016, 08:37 PM
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When I saw 2 wheel, I was thinking 2 wheel drive but I take it you're talking about greasing the sealed 4wd bearing. I know many pull the sensor, fill the sensor hole pretty full with grease and don't have issues with tone wheel communication.
 
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Old 08-07-2016, 08:44 AM
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I just bought two fittings from riff raff. Worked out well
 
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